beide

== Dutch == === Alternative forms === bei === Etymology === From Middle Dutch beide, from Old Dutch beithe. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈbɛi̯.də/ Hyphenation: bei‧de Rhymes: -ɛi̯də === Determiner === beide both Synonym: allebei === Pronoun === beide (personal plural beiden) both Synonym: allebei ==== Usage notes ==== This term is used both with a noun, and on its own as a pronoun. However, when used as a pronoun to refer to two persons rather than objects or animals, beiden is often used instead. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== Afrikaans: beide === Anagrams === biede == German == === Alternative forms === Beide (optionally when nominalized) beede (colloquially in eastern Germany, else obsolete) beyde (obsolete) === Etymology === From Middle High German beide, bēde, from Old High German beide, bēde, from Proto-Germanic *bai. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈbaɪ̯də/ === Determiner === beide both (the) two ==== Usage notes ==== The determiner has only plural forms in contemporary German (see declension below). Beide is much more frequent than English “both”. Although the numeral zwei can be used after articles and determiners, German prefers to use beide in this function. Thus: “my two best friends” → meine beiden besten Freunde; “the two most famous actors” → die beiden berühmtesten Schauspieler, etc. === Pronoun === beide both 1754, edited by D. Siegmund Jacob Baumgarten, Samlung von merkwürdigen Lebensbeschreibungen grösten Theils aus der britannischen Biographie übersetzt. Erster Theil, Halle, page 496 (inside a quote): (the) two ==== Usage notes ==== The pronoun exists in the plural (beide) and the neuter singular (beides). Although the senses of the two constructions are roughly the same, they are not freely interchangeable. Only the plural construction is possible for referring to people, and generally after an article or determiner: The singular construction is used to refer to two situations or two choices: Both constructions are possible for referring to things. The plural treats them as individual items, the singular as a collective whole. The latter is used chiefly with mass nouns. ==== Declension ==== === Derived terms === beiderlei === Further reading === “beide” in Duden online “beide” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache == Middle Dutch == === Etymology 1 === From Old Dutch beithe, from Proto-Germanic *bai. ==== Determiner ==== beide both (beide ... ende) both ... and ===== Inflection ===== This determiner needs an inflection-table template. ===== Alternative forms ===== bêde ===== Descendants ===== Dutch: beide Limburgish: beid === Etymology 2 === (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) ==== Noun ==== beide f waiting time, delay abode ===== Inflection ===== === Further reading === “beide (I)”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000 “beide (II)”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000 Verwijs, E.; Verdam, J. (1885–1929), “beide (I)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN, page I Verwijs, E.; Verdam, J. (1885–1929), “beide (II)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN, page II == Middle High German == === Alternative forms === bēde === Etymology === From Old High German beide. === Pronoun === beide both ==== Declension ==== ==== See also ==== beideʒ == Old High German == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈbei.de/ === Adjective === beide alternative form of bēde === References === Joseph Wright, An Old High-German Primer with Grammar, Notes and Glossary, Oxford, 1888, p. 143.